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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > fading affect bias

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fading affect bias  

Definition(s)

  • A memory bias that occurs when people rate the emotional intensity of an event to be weaker when they remember it than when they experienced it. This bias is greater for negative than for positive events.

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Synonym(s)

  • affect fading effect
  • FAB effect

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Rollins, L., Gibbons, J. A., & Cloude, E. B. (2018). Affective change greater for unpleasant than pleasant events in autobiographical memory of children and adults: A retrospective study. Cognitive Development, 47, 46–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2018.03.002

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Walker, W. R., & Skowronski, J. J. (2009). The fading affect bias: But what the hell is it for? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(8), 1122–1136. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1614

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Walker, W. R., Vogl, R. J., & Thompson, C. P. (1997). Autobiographical memory: Unpleasantness fades faster than pleasantness over time. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 11(5), 399–413. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199710)11:5<399::AID-ACP462>3.0.CO;2-E

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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Dataset citation(s)

  • • Crawford, M. T., Hammond, M., & Marsh, C. (2020, April 7). Depression and Fading Affect Bias. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/ZEQS2
  • • Crawford, M. T., Hammond, M., & Marsh, C. (2021, November 17). Attachment Styles and Fading Affect Bias. https://osf.io/723qx
  • • Zengel, B. (2018, May 18). Romantic Relationships and Fading of Affect for the Shared Past. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/CFK5T

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